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Rhiannon12866

(204,714 posts)
Tue Sep 28, 2021, 07:40 PM Sep 2021

Gen. Milley: 'I Am Not Qualified To Determine The Mental Health Of The President' - MSNBC



Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley took time to address the calls he had with Chinese official near the end of the Trump presidency with efforts to assure they would not be attacked and assured that "my task at that time was to de-escalate." Aired on 09/28/2021.


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Gen. Milley: 'I Am Not Qualified To Determine The Mental Health Of The President' - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 OP
No, but he can guess like the rest of us. Sneederbunk Sep 2021 #1
And he reacted appropriately to what was obvious to everyone Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #2
He is a general not a shrink. bottomofthehill Sep 2021 #3
But he is qualified to identify a danger to the nation and that's why he reacted Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #4
In my mind, he clearly did the right thing bottomofthehill Sep 2021 #5
Agreed! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #6
That's problematic. That's passing on the responsibility to someone else. Baitball Blogger Sep 2021 #7
the orange goon was ITCHING to use Nuclear Weapons magicguido Sep 2021 #8
He's only looking for attention, good or bad, it doesn't matter to him Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #9

Rhiannon12866

(204,714 posts)
2. And he reacted appropriately to what was obvious to everyone
Tue Sep 28, 2021, 07:47 PM
Sep 2021

No one needs to have a psychology degree to be alarmed by dangerous behavior.

Baitball Blogger

(46,682 posts)
7. That's problematic. That's passing on the responsibility to someone else.
Tue Sep 28, 2021, 08:28 PM
Sep 2021

He has eyes. He has judgment. We need everyone who is close to the president pitching in when there's a question of mental health.

Rhiannon12866

(204,714 posts)
9. He's only looking for attention, good or bad, it doesn't matter to him
Tue Sep 28, 2021, 08:35 PM
Sep 2021

In Mary Trump's book, she said she was afraid he would provoke a war or stumble into one, he is that clueless and reactive.

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